Kentucky House Votes To Impeach Jailed Official

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January 26, 1991

FRANKFORT, KY. — The House voted unanimously Friday to impeach the agriculture commissioner six days after he began serving a one-year sentence for a payroll violation. Ward ''Butch'' Burnette, 49 a Democrat, was elected commissioner in 1987. It is only the third time that a vote for impeachment has been recorded in the state. Burnette was convicted of theft for putting a new secretary on his department payroll 20 days before she began work. The extra money went to the secretary, Linda Campbell, who was convicted of the same charge. The Senate votes Feb. 5.